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New Mexico state law issues

proposed legislation in Albuqurque NM

Albuquerque is proposing a new city animal ordinance. You can read it
here, all 60 some-odd pages of it:

http://daystar2.cabq.gov:81/attachments/3174.doc

This ordinance looks invasive all around, not just for reptiles. If
you keep any animal in your household, and you don't want your city
or county to adopt a similar ordinance, please write to the
Albuqureque city council and let them know your thoughts on this
ordinance.

The proposed ordinance calls anything not a dog, cat, or rabbit
an "exotic" and requires a $35 ANNUAL permit for anything not a dog,
cat, or rabbit.
There are also some pretty silly
requirements, such as submitting a letter to the mayor every time one
wants to transport an "exotic". So the mayor needs to know when my
iguana goes for her annual check-up?

The AR is looking at this ordinance as a template for more cities. If
it gets passed here, it will get passed elsewhere.

I spoke with Martin Heinrich's aide today, and Mr. Heinrich is
interested in hearing from the public.
Sally Mayer is the sponsor. You can contact them and other council
members at:

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1293 , 9 th Floor - Room 9087, Albuquerque,
NM 87103 .

Telephone Number: (505) 768-3100, Fax Number: (505) 768-3227

Email Addresses:

Miguel A. Gómez, Council District 1 - mgomez @ cabq.gov
Debbie O'Malley, Council District 2 - domalley @ cabq.gov
Eric Griego, Council District 3 - egriego @ cabq.gov
Brad Winter, Council District 4 - bwinter @ cabq.gov
Michael J. Cadigan, Council District 5 - mcadigan @ cabq.gov
Martin Heinrich, Council District 6 - mheinrich @ cabq.gov
Sally Mayer, Council District 7 - smayer @ cabq.gov
Craig Loy, Council District 8 - cloy @ cabq.gov
Tina L. Cummins, Council District 9 - tcummins @ cabq.gov
 
When I went to pick up my corn snake's dinner from petco I found that many of the pets couldn't be sold or shipped at this time. They employees said that it is only because they came from outside New Mexico and until the ordinance is figured out they must stay put. I am happy corn snakes seem to be unaffected, but this just isn't right.
 
Yeah, NM is starting to get pretty dumb.. I was in Las Cruces the other day when I found out about the new permit requirements for people selling many pet store type animals.. Saltwater fish, tarantula's, and nearly all snakes are on the list of things that permits are needed in order to sell them now.. Unfortunately it seems as though the state is trying to put the pet trade out of business as a whole.
 
The permit hasn't actually passed yet from what I've heard but apparently they are trying to pass another one different than the one that states you need a permit that would ban all pythons in NM. http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/doc...ationofLiveNondomesticAnimalsBirdsandFish.pdf That is the link if anyone wants to check it out and let me know what all this communist bullshit means. Im glad i go fight this war over seas to come back to crap like this....land of the free my ass. We need some media attention thats on our side, if they are banning common household pets whats next?
 
Your freedoms, and your guns. Not necessarily in that order.

Congress and government officials have been slowly undoing our constitution for years. These laws pertaining to our pets are but a small example.
 
Maybe its time for someone to let them know they don't own this country (although they like to put it in debt). There needs to be a modern version of a boston tea party to put them in check. The only way they'll be able to take the guns is bullets first haha. Richard, I read something a while back about Texas banning venomous snakes and reptiles whats going on with that?
 
crotalusadamanteus said:
I haven't heard anything. Tim Cole would be the guy to know anything along those lines. He keeps up on that stuff pretty good.
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I haven't heard anything along those lines. I know for a fact that TP&W could care less if a Green Anaconda is escaping from it's enclosure as long as the person has spent their $20 for the South Florida Permit as I like to call it!
 
Could someone give me a quick synopsis of the New Mexico laws regarding the keeping of reptiles? Specifically Green Trees, monitors, venemous and hognose snakes. Thanks!
 
varanus21 said:
Could someone give me a quick synopsis of the New Mexico laws regarding the keeping of reptiles? Specifically Green Trees, monitors, venemous and hognose snakes. Thanks!
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A permit is needed to bring ANY animal into the state. A permit is required to keep venomous. Not sure about hogs.
 
Thanks Tim!

Is the permit to bring in animals a general permit that covers the person or is it a per animal type of thing?
 
I've never seen anything on needing a permit to get animals into the state, where does it say this? It used to just say that primates, crocodilians, and a few others weren't allowed but if they changed it that's ok because I had mine here before it said anything about needing a permit. I've heard you need a permit for venomous but I wouldn't think you would need one for green tree pythons.
 
dustinNMpythons said:
I've never seen anything on needing a permit to get animals into the state, where does it say this? It used to just say that primates, crocodilians, and a few others weren't allowed but if they changed it that's ok because I had mine here before it said anything about needing a permit. I've heard you need a permit for venomous but I wouldn't think you would need one for green tree pythons.
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When James Bear in Deming died from a snake bite, NM Game & Fish filed charges against his wife stating a permit was needed. All of the animals and computers were seized with charges filed against a grieving widow with 3 children. I know this because I was there and I ended taking care of these animals along with Anthony Fish. They wanted to make an example of Jame's wife to let everyone know about this law that no else had ever heard about including pet stores. The state eventually dropped the charges (6 months later)when the Deming District Attorney would not prosecute the case.
 
WOW thats crazy. I guess it's one of those things they don't put out there, they just use it to their advantage against those who are disadvantaged. Pretty sorry legal system if you ask me!
 
I wouldn't worry about it that much, if pet stores are importing tons of stuff out of the state without permits I don't think they can prosecute you for doing the same thing. I have never seen any paperwork on this regulation and I've read all of the ones available on game and fish regarding import/export. It could have changed since then too.
 
I was informed by a friend in Game and Fish that even if you buy an animal from a pet store in NM, to "keep your receipt as documentation of the purchase. If you get the animal from someone else, ask to see if they have a receipt from when they got it, and if they don't get them to write one for you. Just in case you get inspected."
 
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